tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257600656581656906.post6267147716702845237..comments2024-01-02T05:05:17.505-05:00Comments on A Little of this, a little of that: Halloween Stories Your Mother Shouldn't Tell Youflydragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10561665960229511333noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257600656581656906.post-32812870397588359062009-01-03T06:19:00.000-05:002009-01-03T06:19:00.000-05:00Hi MAH,Thanks for stopping by. You're the only pe...Hi MAH,<BR/>Thanks for stopping by. You're the only person aside from me and my sisters that have commented that they rememberd this little poem.flydragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561665960229511333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257600656581656906.post-49978442946663792882009-01-03T01:35:00.000-05:002009-01-03T01:35:00.000-05:00I remember this poem was published in a book of po...I remember this poem was published in a book of poetry that my mother had; I read it when I was around 8. She told me that it had been read to her when she was a child. That would have been in the 1930s.<BR/><BR/>Don't know who wrote it.MAH in PDXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16908645232161167264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257600656581656906.post-25978416947093026212008-11-01T09:08:00.000-04:002008-11-01T09:08:00.000-04:00Nan,I don't know why I remembered the whole thing ...Nan,<BR/>I don't know why I remembered the whole thing either, except that it must have made quite an impression on me at the time. I don't remember trying to scare you but I do remember scaring Willy quite a bit. Ha, now that was fun!!<BR/>I probably didn't tell it to my own kids because I would've been the one to have to get up in the middle of the night when they had nightmares.flydragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561665960229511333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257600656581656906.post-82406087875869622262008-11-01T08:46:00.000-04:002008-11-01T08:46:00.000-04:00Can't believe no one else has heard this poem/stor...Can't believe no one else has heard this poem/story. And I never understood how you could remember the whole thing! I looked it up one time because I thought maybe you'd made it up:-) just kidding. Found out that James Whitcomb Riley was the author, so am really surprised that no one has 'repeated' it except you AND MOM!!!! Didn't other moms scare their kids? Can't believe you didn't repeat it to your kids! You always tried to scare us--your sisters!!!!<BR/>SisterNanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257600656581656906.post-24297985713168423922008-11-01T07:35:00.000-04:002008-11-01T07:35:00.000-04:00Susie,I think my sisters and I are the only ones t...Susie,<BR/>I think my sisters and I are the only ones that know that little poem. Aren't you glad I passed it along? No trick or treaters come around here, so what am I going to do with all that candy? Oh I know, eat it myself:)flydragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561665960229511333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257600656581656906.post-23218639204398821882008-10-31T23:35:00.000-04:002008-10-31T23:35:00.000-04:00I'm glad my mom never told me that story. I bet yo...I'm glad my mom never told me that story. I bet you had a big time tonight flydragon!!Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270611634380137009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257600656581656906.post-72822130638769641372008-10-31T20:29:00.000-04:002008-10-31T20:29:00.000-04:00fla brat,Only ww of the east was under the house, ...fla brat,<BR/>Only ww of the east was under the house, I melted.<BR/><BR/>farside,<BR/>It must have made quite an impression on me since I've remembered it all these years. Still like it though :)flydragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561665960229511333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257600656581656906.post-83810734889013300862008-10-31T19:14:00.000-04:002008-10-31T19:14:00.000-04:00I would never have gone to bed..and sleep.. well f...I would never have gone to bed..and sleep.. well forget that.<BR/>Great poem:)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257600656581656906.post-48691093133776199492008-10-31T18:25:00.000-04:002008-10-31T18:25:00.000-04:00If NVAM is under the house, it must be a big house...If NVAM is under the house, it must be a big house, cause I think she has company!!!!!<BR/><BR/>Fla BratAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257600656581656906.post-66588103642139665472008-10-31T16:58:00.000-04:002008-10-31T16:58:00.000-04:00Betty,And she used a scary voice when she was tell...Betty,<BR/>And she used a scary voice when she was telling it. Good thing we didn't have to go waaaaaay upstairs to go to bed. Haflydragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561665960229511333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257600656581656906.post-72821992818129336342008-10-31T16:27:00.000-04:002008-10-31T16:27:00.000-04:00I can't believe mom use to tell us that scary poem...I can't believe mom use to tell us that scary poem. We weren't that old. It's a good thing all of slept in the same bed. Maybe I'll tell the grandkids the little ditty tonight then send them home to have nightmares. ( only kidding) Middle sisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257600656581656906.post-31876523675833561012008-10-31T12:19:00.000-04:002008-10-31T12:19:00.000-04:00Marnie,I know:) Kids always loved to hear scary st...Marnie,<BR/>I know:) Kids always loved to hear scary stories, the difference is scary stories used to be spooky and exciting. Now "scary" seems to mean gross and gory. Not fun at all.flydragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561665960229511333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257600656581656906.post-44775762938029795232008-10-31T11:39:00.000-04:002008-10-31T11:39:00.000-04:00I never heard it either. I love it.The thinks peo...I never heard it either. I love it.<BR/>The thinks people used to tell their kids;) It's a wonder they all didn't grow up neurotic.<BR/>MarnieRoses and Lilacshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121676379580186489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257600656581656906.post-63344288924435048282008-10-31T11:32:00.000-04:002008-10-31T11:32:00.000-04:00NVAM,No you're not Glenda. You're the one under t...NVAM,<BR/>No you're not Glenda. You're the one under the house.<BR/><BR/>Jen,<BR/>I think maybe that's what she had in mind. :) It did the trick, all right.flydragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561665960229511333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257600656581656906.post-10382673424700189602008-10-31T10:57:00.000-04:002008-10-31T10:57:00.000-04:00Happy Halloween, for some reason I have never hea...Happy Halloween, for some reason I have never heard that poem, maybe thankfully. It would have scared the living daylights out of me as a child.<BR/>JenRURAL https://www.blogger.com/profile/11871803235521431504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257600656581656906.post-117840424497086752008-10-31T10:49:00.000-04:002008-10-31T10:49:00.000-04:00Thanks Mildred,Same to youNVAM,We probably pestere...Thanks Mildred,<BR/>Same to you<BR/><BR/>NVAM,<BR/>We probably pestered her so many times to tell us again and again that I remembered it almost word for word.<BR/>And you think you're Glenda??<BR/><BR/>DG,<BR/>I'm sure we behaved for a day or two after hearing that one. Happy weenie day to you too.flydragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561665960229511333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257600656581656906.post-62921589194341686342008-10-31T10:03:00.000-04:002008-10-31T10:03:00.000-04:00Eeeps! I'll behave, I promise! Happy Halloween t...Eeeps! I'll behave, I promise! Happy Halloween to you!Dog_geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12797650391128520269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257600656581656906.post-52550479894272067312008-10-31T09:57:00.000-04:002008-10-31T09:57:00.000-04:00i can tell you're having fun celebrating your favo...i can tell you're having fun celebrating your favorite holiday. i can't believe you remembered this whole thing.... i'm assuming - cuz i never heard it before.<BR/><BR/>happy halloween ww of the west.<BR/><BR/>xxx,<BR/>ww of the eastNunyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05148975880979984044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257600656581656906.post-90797787003236282092008-10-31T09:43:00.000-04:002008-10-31T09:43:00.000-04:00That is so cute! Hope you have a Happy Halloween....That is so cute! Hope you have a Happy Halloween.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com